Abigail A. Hafer

Dr. Abigail A. Hafer has a D.Phil. in zoology from Oxford University and teaches human anatomy and physiology as a Senior Lecturer at Curry College. She is the author of The Not-So-Intelligent Designer—Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does Not. She has contributed chapters to the books Christianity in the Light of Science, and Women v. Religion, and articles to The American Biology Teacher, The Humanist, and the American Rationalist. She is a popular public speaker, and uses humor to puncture bad arguments. She takes particular delight in debunking both Creationism/Intelligent Design, and the gender binary. She has submitted a bill to the Massachusetts legislature that protects fact-based science education.

Abby Hafer is an author of Darwin’s Apostles: The Men Who Fought to Have Evolution Accepted, Their Times, and How the Battle Continues.